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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, College—The Ghost of False Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mel not know the origins of?
(a) His desire to excel above everyone else.
(b) His self confidence.
(c) His self hatred.
(d) His desire to know God.

2. What does Mel believe about himself while in college?
(a) He is proud and gay.
(b) He could be gay and still have a good marriage with Lyla.
(c) He is straight and resisting temptation.
(d) He would understand everything better after becoming educated.

3. Why does Mel feel obligated to evangelize others?
(a) He believes God told him personally to do so.
(b) His parents and family uses guilt to pressure him to do so.
(c) He is afraid of others going to hell.
(d) He believes he will earn his way to heaven that way.

4. What does Mel have to restrain when at camps?
(a) His outspoken hatred towards the church.
(b) His unspoken questions about religion.
(c) His desire to be physically close to other boys.
(d) His desire to be with a girl just to prove his normalcy.

5. How does Mel describe his mother?
(a) Strong but passive.
(b) Wise and assertive.
(c) She wore the pants in the family.
(d) Very religious but tolerant of other beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image does Mel have in his mind from Noni's words?

2. What does Mel say did not exist at the time of his attending church camp?

3. How does Mel describe himself in high school?

4. What does Mel say to Jeffrey about Jeffrey's feelings of guilt?

5. How does Mel describe Noni?

(see the answer key)

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